Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَحْبَنُ

Root: حبن

Full Definition

أَحْبَنُ Having the dropsy; as also مَحْبُونٌ [and حَبِينٌ ; so in the Lex. of Golius; and so in the present day]: having a disease in the belly, whereby it becomes large and swollen: fem. حَبْنَآءُ, applied to a woman: pl. حُبْنٌ.
2 Hence, the fem., Big-bellied; applied to a woman. And A foot (قَدَمٌ) having much flesh in the بَخَصَةٌ [app. here meaning the pulpy portion of the sole]; as though it were swollen. And A pigeon (حَمَامٌ) that does not lay eggs: pl. حُبْنٌ.


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